Mark Twain Cadets

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The Mark Twain Cadets was a junior drum corps based in Elmira Heights, New York.

Contents 1 History 2 Scores 3 Repertoires 4 Trivia 5 External Links

[edit] History

• The corps was formed in 1965 in Elmira Heights, New York, and was sponsored by American Legion Post 154, Elmira Heights, New York. The corps was named after Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Clemens, who married an Elmira woman, lived a number of summers there, and is buried in Elmira, New York.

• The corps organization also supported a feeder corps known as the Mark Twain Pilots.

• Corps colors were navy blue and orange with white trim.

• The corps was a member of the Penn-York circuit.

• After several years of declining membership, the Cadets merged in the fall of 1977 with the Southern Tier Grenadiers of Broome County, New York to form the Empire State Express.

[edit] Scores

1970 US Open Championships (Marion, Ohio)

• Open Class Prelims: 60.80 (23rd Place)

1971 US Open Championships (Marion, Ohio)

• Class A Prelims: 69.75 (2nd Place)
• Class A Finals: 64.75 (3rd Place)

1972 New York State State American Legion Championships Syracuse, NY

• Finals 67.20 (5th Place)

1972 US Open Championships (Marion, Ohio)

• Class A Prelims: 69.40 (9th Place)

1973 US Open Championships (Marion, Ohio)

• Class A Prelims: 59.00 (10th Place)

1974 US Open Championships (Marion, Ohio)

• Class A Prelims: 56.50 (8th Place)
• Class A Finals: 49.85 (8th Place)

1975 US Open Championships (Marion, Ohio)

• Class A Prelims: 48.09 (20th Place)

1975 American International Open (Butler, Pennsylvania)

• Class A Prelims: 54.65 (13th Place)

1976 US Open Championships (Marion, Ohio)

• Class A Prelims: 44.55 (30th Place)

1977 US Open Championships (Marion, Ohio)

• Class A Prelims: 27.90 (26th Place)

[edit] Repertoires

1974 Brighton Beach, I Feel the Earth Move, Second American Folk Rhapsody, It's Not Where You Start It's Where You Finish, I Won't Last a Day Without You

1975 Symphonic Overture, Iron Side, Unsquare Dance (Drum Solo), Once Upon a Time/Approaching Storm, Chump Change, Sir Galahad/Last Battle

1976 Finlandia, Alabama Jubilee, Hall of the Mountain King, Black Water (Drum Solo), Running Wild, Camptown Races

[edit] Trivia

• The corps colors, blue and orange, were the same colors as that of Edison High School (Elmira Heights, NY), where the corps practiced during the winter.

• When visiting Marion, Ohio for the U.S. Open, the corps would practice on the field of Edison High School.

[edit] External Links

• Entry for the Mark Twain Cadets - corpsreps.com
• [1] Facebook Group - Mark Twain Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps
• [2] Facebook Group - Mark Twain Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps (second group)
• Mark Twain Cadets - Blog post about an old black-and-white photograph of the corps.

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